FLYING WEDGES Example – multiple sails on a sail boat.
Mechanical – Push-Pull rams on hydraulic excavators mounted at 90 degrees to each other to position and hold the main beam.
Golf – Maintaining the constant simultaneous In-Line relationship of the Clubshaft with the Left Arm and the Right Forearm positioned at ninety degrees to each other along the Line of the Left Wristcock and the line of the Right Wrist Bend.
It will probably take another month (or more) to get comfortable with this definition. I get more out of it viewing the videos.
After all the ignorance and silly talk on my part over a month ago I think I now understand what these flying wedges are all about. They give structure to the swing and stresses the importance of having the wrists in the correct alignments. (Is that a reasonable way to put it?)
A lot more can be said about the wedges but imo this is a good start.
I have been reading your post # 5 in this tread. Towards the end you wrote:
"You can increase the left wrist bend in the back stroke, but only if you can keep it until past impact."
Is this right - or did you mean the right wrist here?
Must be hard to think opposite. I often say the opposite even when not trying.
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Mechanics to feel: Monitoring the pressure in the hands
The flying wedges have three monitors: pp#1, #2 and #3.
The flying wedges sort of dictates the pressure point alignments throughout the stroke. Not entirely though, since pp#3 rotation or not is still an option for swinging or hitting.
But it represents a structure that is so rigid that it will expose a large number of stroke problems through pp#1,#2, #3 pressure, especially those related to rhythm.
When you are loyal to your wedges, you will to a large extent feel stroke problems as glitches, discontinuities, odd PP variation throughout your stroke. The cause can be in any component basically, but the problem will manifest itself in the hands before it manifests itself in the ball flight. There's no point in looking for an explanation of how it should feel. Because you will feel the difference between better and worse, and between right and wrong.
A flip will often create a discontinuity in the pressure. A down stroke where pp#3 overshadows pp#1 is a sign of a throwaway in the making, usually caused by a pivot that doesn't work properly. Loss of pp#2 anywhere is basically a bad thing. The list is probably endless. You don't really need a check list because you will feel whether a difference is better or worse.
Needless to say, there will be a masking effect when the ball gets in the way. The feel of impact will to a certain extent overshadow the pressure right before and right after impact. Impact feedback is important too, but you will have the best pressure feel when you do trial swings before you actually strike the ball. And when/if you get good at it you will learn to adjust the components while preparing for the actual shot. I am quite certain that the tour pro's listen to their hands when they do a large number of trial strokes before the delicate greenside par saver is executed.
Refer to another thread where you linked to Fred Shoemaker. His concept of awareness is a perfect match with TGM monitoring of the pressure points. There will from time to time be a need to be aware of other components as well. And certainly a need to monitor whatever you're working on the range. But the pressure in the hands should IMO be monitored always.
Half wedges and 3/4 wedges are great for monitoring hands pressure. If you start aiming for the 50 meter pole at your (hopefully) nearby indoor practice range, you will after a while - almost automatically - became very aware of the pressure in the hands.
And in my opinion, monitoring of the pressure in the hands is THE secret towards a good and consistent short game.
The flying wedges have three monitors: pp#1, #2 and #3.
The flying wedges sort of dictates the pressure point alignments throughout the stroke. Not entirely though, since pp#3 rotation or not is still an option for swinging or hitting.
But it represents a structure that is so rigid that it will expose a large number of stroke problems through pp#1,#2, #3 pressure, especially those related to rhythm.
When you are loyal to your wedges, you will to a large extent feel stroke problems as glitches, discontinuities, odd PP variation throughout your stroke. The cause can be in any component basically, but the problem will manifest itself in the hands before it manifests itself in the ball flight. There's no point in looking for an explanation of how it should feel. Because you will feel the difference between better and worse, and between right and wrong.
A flip will often create a discontinuity in the pressure. A down stroke where pp#3 overshadows pp#1 is a sign of a throwaway in the making, usually caused by a pivot that doesn't work properly. Loss of pp#2 anywhere is basically a bad thing. The list is probably endless. You don't really need a check list because you will feel whether a difference is better or worse.
Needless to say, there will be a masking effect when the ball gets in the way. The feel of impact will to a certain extent overshadow the pressure right before and right after impact. Impact feedback is important too, but you will have the best pressure feel when you do trial swings before you actually strike the ball. And when/if you get good at it you will learn to adjust the components while preparing for the actual shot. I am quite certain that the tour pro's listen to their hands when they do a large number of trial strokes before the delicate greenside par saver is executed.
Refer to another thread where you linked to Fred Shoemaker. His concept of awareness is a perfect match with TGM monitoring of the pressure points. There will from time to time be a need to be aware of other components as well. And certainly a need to monitor whatever you're working on the range. But the pressure in the hands should IMO be monitored always.
Half wedges and 3/4 wedges are great for monitoring hands pressure. If you start aiming for the 50 meter pole at your (hopefully) nearby indoor practice range, you will after a while - almost automatically - became very aware of the pressure in the hands.
And in my opinion, monitoring of the pressure in the hands is THE secret towards a good and consistent short game.
I was a little quick to reply yesterday. It didn't say so much about the Flying Wedges at this stage, but maybe it did after all?
Are you saying that the structure of the Flying Wedges is so rigid that you need extra awareness in the shot making - especially for the shorter shots - and that's the role of the hands - in developing feel and touch to "smoothen" the mechanics going on? (Or something like that?)
Educated and sensitive hands.
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